Volunteer Officer Midlands and Wales £24,000 p/a

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Here at Human Appeal we have an exciting opportunity for a Midlands and Wales Volunteers Officer to join our team based in Birmingham. You will join us on a full-time basis as part of an initial 1-year fixed term contract with a view to progressing into a permanent role. In return, you will receive a competitive salary of £24k per annum.

Human Appeal is a faith-based charity that aims to abolish poverty by providing humanitarian aid, sustainable development programs and championing advocacy for our beneficiaries worldwide.

As Volunteers Officer, the successful candidate will play an integral role in contributing towards the development, planning, and delivery of the charity's volunteering programme. This role will be based in the North and the Volunteers Officer will be responsible for the recruitment and oversight of volunteers across the North and Scotland regions. We are ideally looking to appoint somebody immediately to this role.

Benefits of joining us as our Volunteers Officer include:
• 35 days Annual Leave
• Matched pension contribution
• Employee discounts and memberships
• Prayer facilities
• Opportunity to really make a difference!

Key duties and responsibilities of the Volunteers Officer:
• Acting as a central point of contact and support in the North and Scotland regions for all volunteer queries and support requests, including providing prompt and thorough responses and resolving any complaints
• Acting as a central point of contact and support in the North and Scotland regions for all volunteering requests from internal departments, specifically the Fundraising and UK Programmes departments
• Managing and supervising volunteers and Interns across the North and Scotland regions, including developing their skillsets, providing volunteer engagement initiatives, and promoting a positive working environment
• Actively growing Human Appeal's volunteer database in the North and Scotland regions, including promoting volunteering opportunities, processing new volunteer sign-up requests from the Volunteers inbox, and conducting Volunteer Team Leader interviews
• Recruiting Interns across the North region for various departments to achieve additional manpower support, by preparing Role Profiles, posting job adverts and conducting interviews
• Preparing volunteers resources, such as collection buckets, t-shirts, merchandise and donation forms, for all volunteering activities
• Designing and delivering local volunteering projects and outreach programmes to achieve increased public interaction with Human Appeal and improve local relations
• Exploring new and innovative ideas to maximise the potential of Human Appeal's volunteering programme
• Undertaking a range of administrative tasks in support of the wider Volunteers Management team and People and Culture department

What we're looking for in our Volunteers Officer:
• Ideally degree-educated in a related field, with minimum GCSE English and Maths
• At least 1 year of relevant experience in charity / office administration / events or volunteers' management
• Driver with a clean licence and full-time access to a car, as regular travel across the North and Scotland area will be required
• Flexible attitude, as the Volunteers Officer will be expected to support campaigns by attending activities and events that may take place in unsociable hours, such as evenings and weekends. Please note that any over-time will be compensated via Human Appeal's TOIL Policy
• Computer literate and database proficient; experience using Salesforce is desirable
• Fluent English is essential and additional languages e.g. Arabic, Urdu are desirable
• Passionate and knowledgeable about the international development sector

This would be an ideal role for an experienced Volunteers Officer looking to develop their career, or an experienced Office Administrator looking for a rewarding role within the Charity Sector!
We are looking to appoint this role ASAP and will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis so for the best chance of success please click 'apply' today to become our Volunteers Officer - we would love to hear from you.

Disclaimer: Please be aware that due to the anticipated quantity of response, we will only be contacting candidates who are shortlisted to interview stage. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of your application, please assume that unfortunately you have been unsuccessful this time.

A Little Bit About Human Appeal...

We have a high staff satisfaction rating of 4 out of 5 on Glassdoor! Here's why:

What our CEO Says:
"We are faith-based but not faith-specific. We have faith in all of humanity and believe we can achieve great things when we work together. So, come and be part of a dynamic global charity where we celebrate our differences, as well as our common humanity"
Dr Mohamed Ashmawey

What our Staff Say:
"At Human Appeal, each one of us has the opportunity to influence others. If you are prepared to challenge yourself there are no limits, so come and make it happen!"
Simon, Systems and Reporting Manager

"I have been working at Human Appeal for many years! I believe in the cause we are working for. I believe in the charity sector and I believe in the reward we get for helping our fellow human beings in desperate need"
Insaf, Finance Lead

"Working as a fundraiser, every day is different. It can be challenging, but when you're working tirelessly and raising funds to help those in need, it's an amazing feeling"
Adnan, Fundraising Coordinator

"I saw an opportunity to assist in helping people across the world with the excellent work Human Appeal carries out. I enjoy working with so many talented people in a fast-moving environment"
Steve, Procurement Manager
Our Greatest Achievements Include:
• Safeguarding bright futures for more than 22,000 vulnerable orphans in 9 countries. Our one-to-one sponsorship programme has a built-in school attendance requirement while covering the cost of food, housing, medical care, and learning materials.
• Pioneering technologically innovative infrastructure projects in Pakistan, like designing and building a 25-km embankment on the Chenab River in Pakistan. Protecting an entire community from being washed away, the embankment has held back the floods each year, including Pakistan's worst flooding in a decade during its last monsoon season.
• Protecting the health of mothers and their children in war-torn Syria by running the only free maternity hospital in Idlib, Syria. By offering free medical care to vulnerable mothers and children, our staff at Al Imaan Hospital providing life-saving care to 100,000 patients every year.
• Quenching the thirst for the 2 million residents of the Gaza Strip by working with UNOCHA to purify Gaza's water network. And now, our newest project involves building a large-scale desalination plant to provide daily access to clean water for 60,000 people across Gaza.
• Recovering lost livelihoods for vulnerable farmers in Gaza by planting 80,000 olive trees since 1991. The farming project provides each farmer with 30-40 prime olive trees so they can establish a vibrant, sustainable crop that yields not just food but income for generations.
• Restoring safe and secure residential spaces in Syria, like the construction of a new town with 1,000 newly constructed homes in Al Zahoor.

COME AND JOIN THE FAMILY - click 'apply' today!